First few scenes (up until the goats) were absolutely magnificent, gave a real sense of world and something globally huge going on. (similar feeling when I saw interstellar the first time..) Then it kind of just failed to deliver the rest. Especially the scene that just pictured the spaceship from the side was a letdown. But still the overall mood and visual quality was stunning and the ambient music was something I like very much.

Awesome, well done! Some scenes are utterly amazing. However towards the end it runs a bit out of steam, some scenes are shown a bit too long i think. But definitely kicks ass, very good visual storytelling (like the poobrain one). Thumbs up!

I'm not sure about this. There are some really nice scenes in here (the shepherd) but then again, something is too obvious generic (bleeding water/waves, fractal spaceship), which ruins it a lot for me :/

The music is a little bit too paulstretch heavy for my taste, it also veers into the creepy side just a tad too much.
The spaceship seemed kind of out of place and unrealistic, I don't know why. I think something like a monolith would fit much better but again it's just me.

what a nice discovery!
i love the soundtrack, colour scheme and the overall mood.
there are some really nice shots like the shepherd or the black water scene for example.
the only things that do not fit are those aeroplanes...but that is a detail. :-)

Really, really moving and breathtaking. Lovely work on the choir and string instruments, and that reverb got to do some serious overtime :)

The intro as a whole is really beautifully composed. I didn't get the overall story, but each scene was painstakenly beautiful as stand alone, and though it's slow paced, it never got to the point where I got bored.

I agree that the herd and the shephard was definitely the highpoint of this production.

The camerawork is really great, too.

So to sum it all up: Fantastic instruments, fantastic composition, fantastic visuals fantastic thumb up :)

Beautifully slow pace! One of my personal favorites of the compo, I was surprised (and saddened) this didn't place way higher.
Fun fact: Didn't recognize the group name, saw the slow pace and glitter and thought "hey, do Mercury have a secondary group now?" =)

Not every production needs to be in a hurry to get anywhere. The slowness gave this a kind of 'massive' atmosphere that fit the music. I get some kind of ominous terraforming systems ship vibe from this.

At 5:20 it's still pretty long, perhaps a minute or a half could have been left to the cutting room floow. But perhaps that would have made it feel smaller. Whatever, it works.

This includes some visual enhancements and audio code cleanup for a slightly smoother sound. It's also still broken on AMD, sorry about that. Direction was also slightly altered to match the original vision, hence the "Special Edition" name in the infofile :)

The final is an unquestionable improvement over the party version; well done for that.
I am not convinced by the whole though, mostly because the underlying technique is too visible and makes it more difficult to accept the story, especially so with such a slow pace that gives time to look at details.

Many groups promise a final version that never sees the light, or when it does the difference with the party one is barely noticeable. This is not the case. The party intro was good, but this "Director's Cut" is simply brilliant. Very good job!

wow wow wow. amazingly good stuff. easily one of my favourite 64ks in a while. great audio and sound, all the little touches in the visuals (like the herdsman walking up the mountain with his animals, and the birds scattering around the alien ship) give it finesse and add to the already great atmosphere. the composition of the scenes and direction is impeccable. massive kudos for this <3

the composition in some scenes was incredible! The goats and shepherd made the spaceship stand out big time. The music and visuals matched well, and the final was very polished and nice. I did however miss the storyline/line-of-progression leaving me a bit empty. More spaceships would be nice!

Great visuals, although two things dispelled the immersion. Music works well to set the mood, although any kind of small musical change recognition of the shepherd and bombers scene appearing would have made it more story-ish. Good stuff!